Hi Greg and list, I have been studying this stuff on the ID800 a little bit. I usually use the cloning software to program the radio but I have tried some manual operation.
Most folks keep the radio in VFO mode kinda like a scratch pad - so do I. This morning I found the little asterisk symbol above the BK / TONE / T-Scan press button (middle button under the display). The flashing asterisk - little bitty thing means the radio has heard a call sign and maybe captured the call. I say this because the next step is to press and hold the TONE key and the captured call will show in the display. I have found that sometimes I get NO CALL when I try and capture a call. This time I captured N5NIR's call sign. Again this is in VFO and NOT Memory. Next I press SET on the mic. This gives three choices. Set CALLS, Set MESSAGE, or Set SET...At this point, SET and ENT let you scroll up and down between URCALL (who you want to call, Either a user's call sign or /XXXXX B for calling a distant gateway repeater), RPT1C (Same as RPT1 - Local Repeater), RPT2C (Same as Repeater2 - Either NOT USE for local only, or G for XXXXX G for Gateway/Reflector/Dongle use), RXCALL, RXRPT1, RXRPT2, MYCALL, and back to URCALL. RXCALL, RXRPT1 and RXRPT2 stay blank unless you have Auto RxCAll and / or Auto RX REPT Call Write enabled in the DV SET Mode. This is probably a good time to mention that CLR or a brief PTT takes you out of SET. OK, N5NIR is captured to the URCall in the VFO. To view this press CLR, then SET (choose CALLS, then press SET or ENT till you scroll to UrCALL....Press and HOLD SET will display the first 6 characters of the call, BRIEFLY.....from UrCALL, press and hold BAND and the UrCALL is displayed, SET and ENT let you scroll through all eight characters, and you can edit the UrCALL at this point. Press and HOLD BAND when you are finished... >From what I can tell, you cannot transfer the UrCALL from here directly to a memory. You first have to store the UrCall in one of the UR Memories, and then to a channel memory. So hit CLR, then press SET, choose CALLS, and Choose UrCall...At this point you can rotate the ch sel and choose UR 01 thru 99. (I believe 00 is HARD WRITTEN CQCQCQ and cannot be overwritten). For grins I went to UR 05, the contents of UR 05 were displayed, /W6HHD B...I pressed FUNCT and then MW, and N5NIR overwrote /W6HHD B. So now the captured call sign is stored to a UR memory. Next Press CLR, then MR/CALL to go from VFO to Memory channels. I choose memory 102 to stop on. Again, this time in Memory Channels, press SET, choose CALLS, then choose UrCALL...You can rotate the ch sel dial and select any UR between 00 and 99....Press and hold FUNCT MR, then PRESS and HOLD SET... The call that you captured and wrote to a UR location, then went to a memory channel and from the memory channel chose a UR is now written to the MR channel. And this is why I recommend using software to program the radio, and having pre-loaded UR's. If you just want to answer a call, and NOT store the received call, just press and hold the TONE key for a few seconds. Either in VFO or MR. The call sign that you heard with be temporary stored in the UR slot until you change channels. Also, there may be errors in the procedure above, Some of this may be plain wrong, your mileage may vary, and I heartily invite anyone to make corrections and contributions. Please forgive the bandwidth. Steve NU5D --- In [email protected], "Greg Forrest" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I was referring to the next step after using the one-touch on an ID800. The > previous poster did not see a MW button - and I don't recall which button > would place the memory channel contents into the VFO so the received > callsign would not be lost on the next received transmission. > > G >
